John Barnes

The Last President John Barnes

Publisher Marketing: An author who excels at combining the tension of the chase with the elements of science fiction, * John Barnes delivered a fascinating and frightening scenario about the collapse of America s political and social infrastructure following the destruction of modern technology. Now, the author of "Directive 51" and "Daybreak Zero" continues his story of the wild postapocalyptic frontier and humanity s last desperate attempt to re-civilize their world. For more than a year, Heather O Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn. But other forces are rising too. Some people like the new life better. In a devastated, splintered, postapocalyptic United States, with technology thrown back to biplanes, black powder, and steam trains, a tiny band of visionaries struggles to re-create Constitutional government and civilization itself, as a new Dark Age takes shape around them. *"Rocky Mountain News"" Contributor Bio:  Barnes, John John Barnes is a multiple Hugo and Nebula award nominee and the author of The Return with Buzz Aldrin. He lives in Colorado. Contributor Bio:  Dawe, Angela Angela Dawe is originally from Lansing, Michigan, and currently calls Chicago home. In addition to audiobook narration, she has worked in film, television, theater, and improvisational comedy.